Commodores quarterback Mo Hasan was sliding feet first at the end of a run when Gillespie lowered his head and drove the crown of his helmet into the side of Hasan’s helmet. Gillespie was ejected and will miss the first half of Saturday’s Kentucky game.
“He’s such a great kid and I hate the way … It didn’t look good. I’m not arguing that,” Odom said Tuesday. “It looked bad. We’ve talked all the time, defensively, when a quarterback goes into a slide, whatever your action is as a defender, you can’t touch the guy. (Gillespie) had already gotten into a position that he was sinking his hips to go in for the tackle.